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SGI-USA Membership Survey, 1997

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IMPLEISR

Below is a list of some things that different people value. Some people say these things are very important to them. Other people say they are not so important. How important is each of these things to you personally? -- having leisure time.

	1) Very important
	2) Somewhat important
	3) Not very important
	4) Not at all important

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Very important	240	61.5%	61.5%	-.72
Somewhat important	127	32.6%	94.1%	.89
Not very important	21	5.4%	99.5%	2.49
Not at all important	2	.5%	100%	4.1

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	Less than 25	25-39	40-49	50-64	65 +	TOTAL
Very important	75.0% 6	63.6% 70	71.3% 92	50.5% 46	45.7% 16	61.7% 230
Somewhat important	25.0% 2	32.7% 36	25.6% 33	42.9% 39	34.3% 12	32.7% 122
Not very important	0.0% 0	3.6% 4	3.1% 4	4.4% 4	20.0% 7	5.1% 19
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 8	100.0% 110	100.0% 129	100.0% 91	100.0% 35	373

Education (I-EDUC)

	High school or less	Some college	Trade school, or junior college	Bachelor's degree	Graduate or professional degree	TOTAL
Very important	54.5% 30	67.3% 66	51.3% 39	63.7% 58	67.2% 45	61.5% 238
Somewhat important	36.4% 20	25.5% 25	43.4% 33	31.9% 29	28.4% 19	32.6% 126
Not very important	9.1% 5	7.1% 7	3.9% 3	3.3% 3	4.5% 3	5.4% 21
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 98	100.0% 76	100.0% 91	100.0% 67	387

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced/Separated	Widowed	Single	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	60.4% 96	58.1% 18	66.2% 47	50.0% 10	62.6% 62	71.4% 5	61.5% 238
Somewhat important	34.0% 54	38.7% 12	26.8% 19	30.0% 6	34.3% 34	14.3% 1	32.6% 126
Not very important	5.7% 9	3.2% 1	5.6% 4	20.0% 4	2.0% 2	14.3% 1	5.4% 21
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 31	100.0% 71	100.0% 20	100.0% 99	100.0% 7	387

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian/Pacific Islander	Latino/Hispanic	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Very important	66.0% 105	75.0% 42	45.9% 39	72.7% 16	58.2% 32	62.1% 234
Somewhat important	32.1% 51	17.9% 10	43.5% 37	18.2% 4	32.7% 18	31.8% 120
Not very important	1.9% 3	7.1% 4	9.4% 8	9.1% 2	7.3% 4	5.6% 21
Not at all important	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 159	100.0% 56	100.0% 85	100.0% 22	100.0% 55	377

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very important	60.5% 75	62.7% 160	62.0% 235
Somewhat important	35.5% 44	30.2% 77	31.9% 121
Not very important	3.2% 4	6.7% 17	5.5% 21
Not at all important	0.8% 1	0.4% 1	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 124	100.0% 255	379

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< $20,000	$20,000 - $30,000	$30,000 - $40,000	$40,000 - $50,000	$50,000 - $60,000	$60,000+	TOTAL
Very important	59.6% 68	71.9% 64	57.8% 37	66.7% 24	52.6% 10	64.7% 22	63.2% 225
Somewhat important	35.1% 40	21.3% 19	35.9% 23	27.8% 10	36.8% 7	35.3% 12	31.2% 111
Not very important	5.3% 6	5.6% 5	4.7% 3	5.6% 2	10.5% 2	0.0% 0	5.1% 18
Not at all important	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 89	100.0% 64	100.0% 36	100.0% 19	100.0% 34	356